Finance, Investing & Economics
Corporate & Brand Knowledge
Master of Business Administration
Antony Arputharaj
MISC
100

What does IPO stand for?

Initial Public Offering

100

What is the parent company of Google?

Alphabet Inc

100

What does SWOT stand for?

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

100

What would Antony say his biggest strength is?

problem-solving

100

What is Antony’s grandson’s full name?

Antony Jake Arputharaj

200

What does EBITDA stand for?

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization

200

When was the globally renowned consulting company visionsoft international inc founded?

1996

200

What is cross-selling?

selling additional products to an existing customer based on related needs

200

What gpa did Antony graduate with?

3.8

200

What is opportunity cost?

The value of the next best alternative forgone

300

What is the opposite of a bull market?

Bear market

300

Which company owns the brands Tide, Pampers, and Gillette?

Procter & Gamble

300

What type of merger occurs between companies in the same industry?

Horizontal merger

300

If Antony wasn’t in the it field, what would he be doing?

Carpentry

300

Which company is the world’s largest asset manager?

BlackRock

400

Who is known as the “Father of Economics”?

Adam Smith

400

Which global consulting firms make up the “Big Four”?

Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young (EY), and KPMG

400

What is benchmarking?

the practice of comparing a company’s performance against industry leaders to identify best practices

400

What title inspired Antony to move to the states and start a company?

Executive

400

What are the three components of the Triple Bottom Line?

People, Planet, Profit

500

What financial metric evaluates the profitability of an investment by calculating the present value of future cash flows?

Net Present Value (NPV)

500

Which company was broken up in 1984 after the U.S. government ruled it an illegal monopoly in telecommunications?

AT&T

500

Which consulting firms make up the “Big Three”?

McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company

500

What was Antony’s favorite class in his MBA?

A. Global Managerial Economics

B. Marketing Decision Making

C. Business Statistics

D. Managing Human Capital

D. Managing Human Capital

500

What was antony’s concentration in?

A. Accounting

B. Managing People and Change 

C. Finance 

D. Global Business

C. Finance